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The past
two weeks, Lulu and Johnny have transitioned from playing house in New York
City to acting out their own version of Romeo and Juliet. Perhaps this is
why Johnnyís Italian accent is getting more pronounced? Logan, though
lacking the wit of Mercutio, fills in as the death that ratchets up the
tension of the play. Lulu and Johnny are acting increasingly rash as they
see their families and circumstances conspire against them. Madness and
desperation to be together are easily overruling any common sense either
character used to have. Unfortunately, the play ends with the double
suicides of two lovers that could have been avoided if either had stopped to
think before they acted. This one could end up with Johnny and Lulu
permanently committed to either prison or the loony bin and all because of
an ill-conceived cover-up. Hereís hoping Laura can talk her daughter out of
this ďmadness most discreetĒ and just confess that she acted in
self-defense, thus sparring Johnnyís freedom and her own sanity.

I canít
believe the day actually came when Robin, that stubborn, loyal character
that Iíve grown up with, received a marriage proposal! What were the odds
that I would get married before my soap opera counterpart of the same age?
Itís the rare Port Charles resident who hasnít been married twice by the age
of thirty. Wait, wait, you say, Robin didnít say yes. Oh, but she will,
she will, just not until after confronting her emotional baggage. From one
girl with abandonment issues to another, sometimes it just seems better to
stay away from the very things you want most. It will be interesting to
watch her learn to accept that she can have a happy ending, that her future
is not destined to be destroyed in a boat explosion. But back to the
proposal itself, Patrick gets props for making sure that Mac and Anna were
present. However, announcing his undying love over the overhead was a tad
much. Then again, hasnít their whole relationship taken place in full view
of the entire hospital staff? It would almost be cruel to leave them out of
it. Patrickís tears as he listened to the love of his life reject his
proposal were heart-breaking but also made for excellent soap. Jason
Thompson has come along nicely these past couple of years, hasnít he?

I also
want to give Leyla her due for being able to look genuinely happy for Robin
and Patrick. Once she realized that she would never have his heart, she
moved on and grew up a little in the process. Highly respectably behavior
for a soap opera character, donít you think? Eh, she probably has a voodoo
doll of Robin tucked away in her hospital locker.

Nadine
and Nikolas are having a strange courtship thus far. I like that he does
not want to draw her into his dark, gothic world, but I think he
underestimates her. He should be careful not to view her as a shining light
or the second (third?) coming of Emily, but as someone worthy of his
affections all on her own. Nadine, on the other hand, needs to move on from
thinking of him as a fantasy and get back in touch with her toy-throwing
self that is more than willing to show a backbone. Am I an optimist because
I believe all these things will happen? No, Iím just a soap opera fan; Iíll
never give up believing in the impossible.